The player groups for the first three days of Kings training camp have been announced. Click below to check them out, as well as a re-posting of the schedule for the first three days. It’s always interesting to see which players are put together in the early days of training camp. Sometimes it means something, sometimes it means nothing. In this case, Anze Kopitar and Ryan Smyth are in a group together, but with Dustin Brown, not Justin Williams. Scott Parse and Jarret Stoll are with Williams. Not surprisingly, Michal Handzus, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Wayne Simmonds are together. Then you have potential combinations such as Richardson-Lewis-Westgarth and Clifford-Schenn-Moller and Clune-Elkins/Loktionov-Kozun/Holloway to name a couple. On the defensive side, there’s one group with Drew Doughty and Willie Mitchell, one with Jack Johnson and Rob Scuderi and one with Davis Drewiske, Peter Harrold and Thomas Hickey. Very interesting! Click below for the groups and schedule…
SATURDAY
GROUP A
Goalies: Jonathan Bernier, Erik Ersberg, Jonathan Quick.
Defensemen: Davis Drewiske, Peter Harrold, Jack Johnson, Dylan King, Alec Martinez, Patrick Mullen, Jake Muzzin, Rob Scuderi.
Centers: Justin Azevedo, Michal Handzus, Anze Kopitar, Andrei Loktionov, Michael Pelech, Jordan Weal.
Left wingers: Riley Brace, Ray Kaunisto, Dwight King, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jordan Nolan, Ryan Smyth.
Right wingers: Dustin Brown, Brandon Kozun, Wayne Simmonds, Tyler Toffoli, Linden Vey.
GROUP B
Goalies: Jean-Francois Berube, Martin Jones, Jeff Zatkoff, Garrett Zemlak.
Defensemen: Andrew Campbell, Nicolas Deslauriers, Drew Doughty, Johan Fransson, Samuel Groulx, Thomas Hickey, David Kolomatis, Willie Mitchell.
Centers: Robert Czarnik, Corey Elkins, Trevor Lewis, Brayden Schenn, Jarret Stoll.
Left wingers: Kyle Clifford, Rich Clune, Zach Harnden, Scott Parse, Brad Richardson.
Right wingers: Bud Holloway, David Meckler, Oscar Moller, Kevin Westgarth, Justin Williams, John Zeiler.
SCHEDULE
Group A – Goaltending Session — 8:20-8:45 a.m.
Group A – Practice – NHL Ice — 9-10:00 a.m.
Group A – Practice – NHL Ice — 10:20-11:20 a.m.
Group A – Skate – Olympic Ice — 11:25 – 11:45 a.m.
Group B – Goaltending Session — 12:35-1 p.m.
Group B – Practice – NHL Ice — 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Group B – Practice – NHL Ice — 2:35-3:35 p.m.
Group B – Skate – NHL Ice — 3:40-4 p.m.
SUNDAY/MONDAY
GROUP A
Goalies: Jean-Francois Berube, Martin Jones, Garrett Zemlak.
Defensemen: Andrew Campbell, Davis Drewiske, Peter Harrold, Thomas Hickey, Patrick Mullen.
Centers: Justin Azevedo, Michael Handzus, Trevor Lewis, Michael Pelech.
Left wingers: Jordan Nolan, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Brad Richardson.
Right wingers: Wayne Simmonds, Linden Vey, Kevin Westgarth.
GROUP B
Goalies: Erik Ersberg, Jonathan Quick.
Defensemen: Drew Doughty, Samuel Groulx, Alec Martinez, Willie Mitchell, Jake Muzzin.
Centers: Corey Elkins, Anze Kopitar, Andrei Loktionov.
Left wingers: Riley Brace, Rich Clune, Dwight King, Ryan Smyth.
Right wingers: Dustin Brown, Bud Holloway, Brandon Kozun, David Meckler.
GROUP C
Goalies: Jonathan Bernier, Jeff Zatkoff.
Defensemen: Nicolas Deslauriers, Johan Fransson, Jack Johnson, Dylan King, David Kolomatis, Rob Scuderi.
Centers: Robert Czarnik, Brayden Schenn, Jarret Stoll, Jordan Weal.
Left wingers: Kyle Clifford, Zach Harnden, Scott Parse, Ray Kaunisto.
Right wingers: Oscar Moller, Tyler Toffoli, Justin Williams, John Zeiler.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Group A – Practice – NHL Ice — 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Group A – Practice – NHL Ice — 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Group A – Skate – Olympic Ice — 10:50-11:15 a.m.
Group B – Practice – NHL Ice — 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Group B – Practice – NHL Ice — 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Group B – Skate – Olympic Ice — 1:35-2 p.m.
Group C – Practice – NHL Ice — 2:15-3:15 p.m.
Group C – Practice – NHL Ice — 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Group C – Skate – NHL Ice — 4:35-5 p.m.
MONDAY SCHEDULE
Group B – Practice – NHL Ice — 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Group B – Practice – NHL Ice — 9:45-10:40 a.m.
Group B – Skate – Olympic Ice — 10:45-11:15 a.m.
Group C – Practice – NHL Ice — 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Group C – Practice – NHL Ice — 12:30-1:25 p.m.
Group C – Skate – Olympic Ice — 1:30-2 p.m.
Group A – Practice – NHL Ice — 2:15-3:15 p.m.
Group A – Practice – NHL Ice –3:30-4:25 p.m.
Group A – Skate – NHL Ice — 4:30-5 p.m.
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